MacLeech
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| reply to DaveNJ
Re: Cablecard v1 sets go dead
CableCARDs are 2-way capable. The DCR spec released by the FCC due to the demands of the CEA, who wanted to lower manufacturing costs by not mandating transmitters be included in equipment which are required for 2-way communication, are what really crippled the equipment, not the cable companies.
Current CableCARD cable boxes are 2-way capable because they followed the full CableCARD spec, instead of the crippled DCR spec.
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